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You’ve heard it before and I’m going to say it again…..you need to find your niche to be “totally free”.
You can get out of bed in the morning, pound the phones all day and even make a couple of sales, but if you’re not doing what you love a.k.a. what you are “gifted’ to do, every day is going to be a drag.
On the flip side, if you are doing what you love, you can’t wait to hop out of bed every morning, and you almost hate turning in at night!
The times I’ve been happiest is helping others.
Whether it is through my Journal Writing classes or my Blog Consulting, I’m having fun while at the same time working.
The beauty is, because I love it, it doesn’t seem like work……………..
Get the idea?
So the question is, have you found your niche?
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I am reading this book right now and I am really enjoying it. It is a couple of years old, but most of the information was still extremely helpful.
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Brazen Careerist is opening offices in Washington, DC. Our CEO lives in DC, so Ryan Healy is moving there – along with Photis, the developer (who I convinced to move from Philadelpia to Madison by telling him that his life would suck and he would die a slow, painful career death if he did not come work at Brazen Careerist and he said forget it and slammed the car door in my face, but then he moved to Madison anyway.)
You’d think I'd be panicking that the center of the company is shifting to DC. But really, I have been aiming to remove myself from the center of the company for a while.
Those of you who have been following the drama of Brazen Careerist know that it started when I was working 100-hour weeks, and I convinced two bloggers, Ryan and Ryan, to move to Madison with me to start a company.
I was scared I was doing something crazy. Now it's clear to me that all entrepreneurship is crazy, and it's like an addiction. But it's also clear to me that the timing was perfect for all of us. Ryan and Ryan are really not cut out for corporate America – they are born entrepreneurs sitting in cubicles in the Fortune 500. And I was not cut out to be a stay-at-home mom. So we all sort of rescued each other.
Then we went through three very difficult years together. Up and down financing, constant adjusting to each others’ personalities, propping each other up when we felt like the company was stupid, and bringing each other down to reality when we were certain we’d take over the world.
Running a startup is so intense. And it’s impossible to not feel very close to your co-founders. So I had a good-bye party at the farm.
Before dinner, I gave a tour. I felt self-conscious when I was catching the pigs. I wanted to look good at it, so I looked like I belong on the farm. Like each of us is ending up where we belong.
We visited the donkey in the pasture. I was the only one who wanted to ride her.
The chicks were more popular than the donkey.
The farmer taught everyone to play apple baseball next to the orchard. Chipping the apple is a base hit. If the apple explodes in the air it’s a homerun. Here's a picture of Photis at bat. (I always think that more women should be dating Photis. He is cute and smart and funny, and speaks Greek. He's also pretty high up on the weird spectrum, but I have a feeling that women who read my blog are women who like weird. So you should email me if you want a date.)
Photis had a knack for pitching apples.
I cooked dinner, which is significant because when Ryan and Ryan first came to Madison I invited them for dinner and didn’t cook. You can’t cook meals when you work 100-hour weeks. But at this point, I find I'm happier cooking for everyone than managing them.
So I’m sad to see the company shifting to DC. I am not sure where I fit right now, and the company is doing a lot of cool stuff that does not depend on me. But we have each grown so much since we started the company. And I think that's what we each want most from a job — the excitement of rapid personal growth.
And I guess this is a thank you note, to Ryan and Ryan and Photis: Thank you guys for how much you taught me during the first phase of the company, and thank you for your patience, and humor and insanely huge ambitions. And here's to phase two of Brazen Careerist.
Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
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Kristen has been a SAHM since her twin boys were born 3 1/2 years ago. 6 months ago a daughter arrived and now they are a happy family of 5. Kristen started her reviewing site about 3 months ago. Having 3 children so close in age has really given her insight into the crush of products out there targeted at moms. Finding it all overwhelming, she wanted a way to reach out to other moms to let them know what worked (and didn’t!) for her.
At this point, she is doing reviews exclusively on her own. She is not opposed at all to doing them for companies ….as long as they don’t mind an honest review 
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Her main focus is items aimed at moms and their children- mostly toys, books, DVD’s, baby products etc….
Because she is not doing reviews for any specific company, she generates an income through advertising. She uses Google Adsense which pays per image on her site. She is also using affiliate programs which allows her to become an approved advertiser for a company and place their ads on her site.
For example, she is an approved affiliate for Target. If one of her readers clicks on her Target ad and places an order she gets a (small) percentage of the sale.
Kristen says that once her readership grows (which it is) her paycheck will grow with it.
Success with any online adventure is sticking with it.
You can see Kristens blog at:
http://www.reviewedbymom.blogspot.com/.
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When you're in a happy, healthy relationship, it's like the world is your oyster. And you, well…want to share your oyster with your friends.
Hmm. Since the oyster metaphor is getting a little gross, I'll put it simply: when you've found the right person for you, you tend to think you know who is right for your friends, too. And while your heart is probably in the right place, setting your friends up on dates isn't always a great idea…especially when you don't go about it the right way.
1. Choose through their eyes. Sure, you may have an old friend that you're amazed hasn't been snapped up yet. But just because you think they're the best thing since sliced octopus doesn't mean your friend will. Before setting anybody you care about up with somebody you know, be sure you're judging them as your friend would – not as you do.
2. Allow some mystery. Even if you know just about everything there is to know about the friends you're setting up…don't spill it all. Allow them to get to know each other in a more natural, low pressure way. And that means allowing there to be a little but of mystery between them. If you have a hilarious "diarrhea on the roller coaster" story to tell about your best friend, don't tell it to the person you're setting him or her up with.
Unless, that is, you want to embarrass the heck out of your friend…which I suppose has an entertainment value all its own.
3. Mind your own business. When you set up two people you know on a date, you kind of feel like Dr. Frankenstein. You feel like you are creating something…and you have visions of being showered with thanks at their wedding playing through your head. But avoid being obnoxious about requesting details. If your friend wants to gush about the date, let them. But if they want to keep quiet, mind your own business until they're ready. You've already done your part. Now it's time to back away.
4. Ready yourself for disappointment. We've all been set up on disastrous dates by our friends. So there's a real chance that your friends aren't half as excited about this meeting as you are. And there's also a real chance that they'll want to bring you salmonella-infused leftovers from the restaurant to thank you for a hellish date. After all, you can never predict what will happen.
So put aside your wedding speech planning and leave your triumphant screams of "It's alive!" until your sure things are working out. As long as you use a light hand in setting up your friends, you may be able to avoid having them hate you forever.
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